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from strings_for_humans import ReadAHumanString
ReadAHumanString("abc")
'abc'
ReadAHumanString("thirty - dreißig")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<coq last command>", line 1, in <module>
File "c:\humour\strings_for_humans.py", line 68, in ReadAHumanString
raise TypeError('invalid human string (2)')
TypeError: invalid human string (2)
ReadAHumanString("thirty - drei\u00dfig")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<coq last command>", line 1, in <module>
File "c:\humour\strings_for_humans.py", line 68, in ReadAHumanString
raise TypeError('invalid human string (2)')
TypeError: invalid human string (2)
ReadAHumanString("thirty - drei\U000000dfig")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<coq last command>", line 1, in <module>
File "c:\humour\strings_for_humans.py", line 68, in ReadAHumanString
raise TypeError('invalid human string (2)')
TypeError: invalid human string (2)
# genious idea
ReadAHumanString("thirty - 'dreißig'")
'thirty - dreißig'
# generalization
ReadAHumanString("'thirty - dreißig'")
'thirty - dreißig'
ReadAHumanString("'thirty - drei\u00dfig'")
'thirty - dreißig'
Real software in February 2024.
I do not know if I should congratulate the creator(s) of such a stupidity
or those who are promoting it.
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